Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom. Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace


The Good Guy (ed. Bantam, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307414243


Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a ...

Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a ...

Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a ...

Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a ...